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Jean Ritchie is a national treasure, one of America's finest and best known traditional singers. She grew up in Viper, Kentucky, and is part of a large family, the famous "Singing Ritchies of... more

One of the famed "Singing Ritchies of Kentucky," Jean is a national treasure, one of our best traditional singers. Now a new generation can discover her; this reissue of her landmark Folkways... more

Over the last couple of decades, Charlie Parr has crisscrossed the world on tour more times than one can count. He also has released over a dozen albums of his songs, acclaimed for their poetic... more

Two dozen cuts tap the traditions of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. These banjo/fiddle workouts, bluegrass gems and ballads include Sugar Baby Dock Boggs; Southbound Doc & Merle Watson;... more

A mentor to everyone from Bob Dylan to Suzanne Vega, "The Mayor of MacDougal Street" was a treasured figure in the Greenwich Village scene for four decades. His autobiography and its portrait of the... more

22 songs favored by leaders of antiwar, civil rights, industrial labor, farm worker, and other struggles throughout American history. "Jesus Christ" Woody Guthrie, "Blowin' In The Wind," New World... more

This highly sought-after collection of 43 songs from the Civil Rights Movement includes rare recordings by Fannie Lou Hamer (Go Tell It on the Mountain), Betty Mae Fikes, the SNCC Freedom Singers,... more

Dom Flemons has built a reputation on presenting 100 years of American roots music, but now, with Traveling Wildfire, his own songwriting prowess comes into the spotlight. Carefully selected from his... more

Songs of Our Native Daughters gathers together kindred musicians Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell in song and sisterhood to communicate with their forebears.... more

The Youngbloods and Holy Modal Rounders covered songs from this 1964 Folkways LP, the debut by this Pennsylvania-born singer-songwriter (whose unconventional singing and songs made him a hero in '60s... more

Some of these 32 folk songs seem as old as the sea, and all originate from those who were drawn to the pull of the ocean: Haul Away Joe Leadbelly; The Dreadnaught Tom Sullivan; Homeward Bound Stuart... more

14 tracks from folk guitarist/vocalist, feat. Guy Van Duser, Lana Pettey, Suasan Hansen, Rick Lee, Vicky Van Duser, Karen Staines, Caroline Paton & Stanley Longstaff.

The great masters of fiddle and banjo play the string-band songs that paved the way for bluegrass: John Brown's Dream New Lost City Ramblers; Carroll County Blues Doc Watson/Fred Price; Country Blues... more

Charlie Parr's newest album, Last of the Better Days Ahead, is a collection of powerful new songs about how one looks back on a life lived, as well as forward on what's still to come. It's spare... more

This award-winning compilation (2011's Independent Music Awards prize for best reissue) collects eleven tracks culled from Ola Belle's two Folkways albums along with eight previously unreleased live... more

Eric Clapton himself called Roscoe his favorite country musician, and for good reason—that high lonesome sound never sounded higher or more lonesome than it did when this old-timer played. Here are... more

This is the 4th volume in the collection of Woody Guthrie's recordings of the 1940's. Featuring original compositions and traditional songs about Cowboys, Outlaws and other Western themes this is an... more

This album has been a big seller in the Folk-Legacy catalog on vinyl for years, and now it is finally available on CD, beautifully remastered by Bob Katz at Digital Domain

You don't need to be a card-carrying member to get swept up by the message and music here. This 1955 Folkways LP collects generations of working-man's anthems: We Shall Not Be Moved; Casey Jones (The... more

The granddaddy of contemporary folk revival groups! With an authentic string band sound inspired by 78-rpm recordings from long ago, this compilation of albums—The Early Years, 1958–1962; Volume II:... more

From Smithsonian Folkways come 67 minutes (and a 36-page booklet) of songs and social commentaries culled from the African-American experience. Includes Old Riley Leadbelly; Stewball Memphis Slim and... more